Knowable Magazine

08/23/2025

“I know this isn’t going to help me. But I want to help other kids.”

👀 On our radar: A cure in sight for the disease that speeds up aging

✍️ Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker

Teen-agers with progeria have effectively aged eight or nine decades. A cure could help change millions of lives—and shed light on why we grow old.

08/23/2025

🎙️🎧▶️ The journey to solving the structures of these critically important molecules began with a chance discovery. Today, after decades of painstaking lab work and huge technological leaps, the field of protein science is exploding.

PODCAST: The journey to solving the structures of these critically important molecules began with a chance discovery. Today, after decades of painstaking lab work and huge technological leaps, the…

08/22/2025

The Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, which would have annihilated each other in a spectacular burst of pure energy. But it didn’t.

New experiments focused on understanding the enigmatic neutrino may offer insights.

Read our recent report on Yahoo News 👇

The Big Bang should have produced equal amounts of matter and antimatter, which would have annihilated each other in a spectacular burst of pure energy. But it didn’t. New experiments focused on understanding the enigmatic neutrino may offer insights.

08/22/2025

The little that we know about breastfeeding tells us a lot. Imagine if we knew more.

Our 2018 story about “Five mysteries about breast milk” is now available in Spanish via Revista Knowable

Check it out 👇

DE NUESTRO ARCHIVO: Lo poco que sabemos sobre la lactancia materna nos dice mucho —imagínese si supiéramos más—.

08/22/2025

👀 On our radar: Will the US spend money to destroy birth control slated for poor countries? via The New York Times

The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.

08/22/2025

From tattling to whistleblowing, a sociologist explores what drives people to tell on one another.

✍️ Emily Laber-Warren

From tattling to whistleblowing, a sociologist explores what drives people to tell on one another

08/22/2025

“The company’s announcement of the pups in April, which described them as dire wolves, set off a media maelstrom. The ensuing debates over the nature of the animals — and the advisability of doing such work — have opened a chasm between Colossal’s team and other scientists.”

👀 On our radar: “De-extinction” team behind dire wolf hybrid draws fire

✍️ Ewen Callaway, Nature

Colossal’s bold announcements have drawn criticism from many scientists, but the billion-dollar firm is not backing down.

08/22/2025

Fun facts about bones: More than just scaffolding

A new vision of the skeleton as a dynamic organ that sends and receives messages suggests potential therapies for osteoporosis and other problems.

✍️ Amber Dance

https://knowmag.org/fun-facts-bones_FB

08/21/2025

👀 On our radar: Political appointees can now override peer review and funded grants, via C&EN

Researchers fear the move will politicize the peer review process

08/21/2025

In the cheeps, trills and tweets of birdsong, scientists find some parallels with human speech.

✍️ Betsy Mason

In the cheeps, trills and tweets of birdsong, scientists find some parallels with human speech

08/20/2025

👀 On our radar: Track what’s happening with USDA food and farm funding, via Grist.org

Your guide to federal funding cuts, plus resources for farmers and food businesses seeking support and solutions.

08/20/2025

🎙️🎧▶️ Not that long ago, scientists found evidence that our Sun wasn’t unique — other stars have their own orbiting bodies. It was a discovery centuries in the making. What does this mean for Earth today and our place in the universe?

PODCAST: Not that long ago, scientists found evidence that our Sun wasn’t unique — other stars have their own orbiting bodies. It was a discovery centuries in the making. What does this mean for…